Fractured Identities, Moral Mediations, and Cancerous Aspirations of Madeline Lee and Silas Lapham:

The Allure of Power versus the New Woman and the Nouveau Riche Man

Authors

  • Karly Berezowsky

Keywords:

Democracy, Locational Vulnerability, Confinement, Fractured Identity, Agency

Abstract

 

I provide a critical analysis of literary democracy within The Rise of Silas Lapham and Democracy. I attempt to advance an original view of why the American Realism literary movement should include tropes not only of the figure of the New Woman but also those of the figure of the Nouveau Riche man. It will further illustrate how the protagonists’ morals drive them to rebel against their personal ambitions, their oppressive environments, and their behavioural conditioning — thus provoking them to act other than as society would dictate.

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Author Biography

Karly Berezowsky

Karly  Berezowsky is currently enrolled in the English MA program at The College of New Jersey. She is also receiving a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies. She recently graduated from Flagler College with honours in December of 2012 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in both English and Communication. She minored in Art History and had a Communication major concentration in Journalism. She is a member of Alpha Chi Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, and Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society.

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Published

2021-10-28

How to Cite

Berezowsky, K. (2021). Fractured Identities, Moral Mediations, and Cancerous Aspirations of Madeline Lee and Silas Lapham:: The Allure of Power versus the New Woman and the Nouveau Riche Man. Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 1(2), 158–169. Retrieved from https://sanglap-journal.in/index.php/sanglap/article/view/39

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2015): Democracy, Resistance, and the Practice of Literature

Section

Articles